Rose·fish n. Zool. A large marine scorpaenoid food fish (Sebastes marinus) found on the northern coasts of Europe and America. called also red perch, hemdurgan, Norway haddok, and also, erroneously, snapper, bream, and bergylt.
 Note: ☞ When full grown it is usually bright rose-red or orange-red; the young are usually mottled with red and ducky brown.

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 Had·dock n.  Zool. A marine food fish (Melanogrammus aeglefinus), allied to the cod, inhabiting the northern coasts of Europe and America. It has a dark lateral line and a black spot on each side of the body, just back of the gills. Galled also haddie, and dickie.
 Norway haddock, a marine edible fish (Sebastes marinus) of Northern Europe and America. See Rose fish.

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